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FortiSwitch-5003A and 5003 Fabric and Base Backplane Communications Guide
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Fabric gigabit switching within a chassis FortiGate-5050 fabric backplane communication
This section describes:
• Fabric gigabit switching within a chassis
• Fabric channel connections between FortiSwitch-5003A boards
• Fabric gigabit switching between chassis
• Fabric gigabit switching to the network
• Fabric 10-gigabit switching within a chassis
• Fabric channel layer-2 link aggregation
• Fabric channel layer-2 link aggregation and redundancy
• Example active-passive redundant link configuration
• Example active-active redundant link configuration
Fabric gigabit switching within a chassis
You can use FortiSwitch-5003A fabric channel switching for communication
between the fabric backplane interfaces of FortiGate-5001A or 5005FA2 boards
installed in a FortiGate-5050 chassis.
Figure 16 shows a FortiGate-5050 chassis with a FortiSwitch-5003A board in
hub/switch slot 2, and FortiGate-5001A boards in slots 3, 4, and 5. In this
configuration the FortiSwitch-5003A board provides 1-gigabit fabric backplane
switching for the FortiGate-5001A fabric2 interfaces. The FortiSwitch-5003A
boards operate as layer-2 switches and the FortiGate-5001A boards operate as
typical standalone FortiGate units.
The chassis can be connected to the network using any of the FortiGate-5001A
front panel interfaces. You can also connect FortiSwitch-5003A front panel fabric
interfaces to the network. You can also install FortiGate AMC modules in the
FortiGate-5001A boards and connect the network to the AMC front panel
interfaces. The AMC modules and the network connections are not shown in
Figure 16.
Figure 16: FortiGate-5050 fabric channel 2 data communication
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